She’d denied who she was, and when that happens it’s easy enough to become something else entirely, most

amulets,

“I love fairy tales,” Jet said dreamily. She felt like a water nymph when she floated in the lake, a pure elemental spirit.

Here was a repository of a woman’s knowledge, collected and passed on.

The kitchen was enormous, with an ancient pine table long enough to seat a dozen and a huge black stove, the sort that hadn’t been sold for decades.

The Grimoire contained instructions on how to craft talismans, amulets, and healing charms.

She’d read that Maria Owens was thought to have the ability to turn herself into a crow in order to accomplish her witchery.

“Aunt Isabelle always says that every guest should bring a gift when visiting. Even if that guest is unwanted.

Eldest was Frances, with skin as pale as milk and blood-red hair, who early on had the ability to commune with birds, which flocked to her window as if called when she was still in her crib.